Figure 6.

The magnitude of F₀ is a factor in good speech-in-noise (SIN) perception. (Top) The top SIN perceivers in a group of 38 children (based on Hearing-in-Noise Test [HINT]) and a group of 17 young adults (based on QuickSIN) had higher F₀ magnitudes than the bottom groups (*p < 0.05) during the formant transition in brain stem responses to the speech syllable [da] presented in quiet (children) and in background babble (young adults). (Bottom) In both children and young adults, F₀ magnitude is related to scores on clinical measures of SIN perception (children, HINT; adults, QuickSIN). Modified from Anderson et al, Hear Res 2010⁶⁹ and Song et al, J Cog Neurosci 2010.⁶⁸